Tar Sands Coal Export Boom: Petcoke Exports Second Highest Ever in April

With many eyes honed in on the Powder River Basin coal export battle in the Northwest, another coal export boom is unfolding on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Although no coal production is actually taking place here, a filthy fuel with even more severe climate impacts than coal is leaving port bound for foreign power plants. 

Meet petroleum coke, or "petcoke," what Oil Change International described in a Jan. 2013 report as "The Coal Hiding in the Tar Sands."

Tar Sands Coal Export Boom: Petcoke Exports Second Highest Ever in April